Inflation Calculator

The U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures the average change in prices paid by urban consumers for a basket of goods and services. This calculator uses year-over-year CPI changes published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics to translate a dollar amount from one year into its equivalent purchasing power in another year.

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